[ubuntu] Rhytmbox's shorter Song Position Slider (bug?) and over-maximised Party Mode

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I am wondering if there is an option somewhere to restore the old long Song Position Slide of Rhytmbox since now it became very short and it's located on the upper right corner. To me this looks like a very big bug! :(
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[I need to transcribe some pieces of music and a longer slider would be quite helpful to easily locate specific sections of a track. Moreover, I have already installed the rbpitch plugin, which allows me to slow down the tempo.]
Secondly, when I activate the Party Mode, F11, Rhytmbox resizes under the top and left bars of Ubuntu (i.e. it does
(Hardware)

Hi, I installed Ubuntu 13.04 last week but for the life of me I can't get rhytmbox to play ogg files. I'm recycling my home directory which has been migrated through the last 10 or 12 ubuntu releases. I used one of those to encode those songs long ago.

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